The
Socialist Labor state convention met in June in
Syracuse, and nominated
Charles H. Matchett for Governor; William F. Steer for Lieutenant Governor; and Francis Gerau for the Court of Appeals. The
Prohibition state convention met on June 26 at Alhambra Hall in
Syracuse, New York. Rev. Stanley B. Roberts, of
Utica, was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. The convention met again on June 27, and nominated Francis E. Baldwin, a lawyer from
Elmira, for Governor; Justus Miller, a collar-and-cuff manufacturer from
Troy, for Lieutenant Governor; and Zachariah P. Taylor, of
Rochester, for the Court of Appeals. The
People's Party state convention met on September 11 at the Town Hall in
Saratoga Springs, New York. De Myre S. Fero was Temporary Chairman until the choice of C. R. White, of
Miller's Corners, as Permanent Chairman. Charles B. Matthews, manager of the
Buffalo Refining Company and arch-enemy of the Standard Oil Company", was nominated for Governor; Robert C. Hewson, of
Penn Yan for Lieutenant Governor, and
Thaddeus B. Wakeman for the Court of Appeals. The
Republican state convention met on September 18 at Saratoga Springs.
Lemuel E. Quigg was Temporary Chairman until the choice of
Warner Miller as Permanent Chairman. Former
Vice President Levi P. Morton (in office 1889–1893) was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Morton 532½,
J. Sloat Fassett 69,
Cornelius N. Bliss 40½,
Stewart L. Woodford 40,
Daniel Butterfield 29,
Leslie W. Russell 20, James Arkell 1). Charles T. Saxton was nominated after receiving 340 votes on the first ballot (393 votes were cast for
James W. Wadsworth,
George W. Aldridge, George E. Green, Arthur C. Wade,
Francis Hendricks,
Henry J. Coggeshall,
Albert D. Shaw and Azariah C. Brundage) and a few subsequent changes. Albert Haight was nominated for the Court of Appeals on the second ballot. The
Democratic state convention met on September 26 at the Skating Rink in Saratoga Springs. U.S. Senator, and Ex-Governor, David B. Hill was Temporary and Permanent Chairman. After the
McLaughlin delegates were seated from Kings County, the Anti-McLaughlin delegation, led by
Edward M. Shepard, walked out of this convention. Hill for Governor, Daniel N. Lockwood for Lieutenant Governor, and
William J. Gaynor for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation. Gaynor declined to run, and the Democratic State Committee met on October 6 at the Park Avenue Hotel in
New York City, and substituted
Charles F. Brown on the ticket. The "Democratic Party Reform Organization" of
Brooklyn, led by
Edward M. Shepard, met on October 9 at Shepard's office at 111, Broadway, and nominated Everett P. Wheeler for Governor and endorsed the other two Democratic candidates.
Charles S. Fairchild was chosen Chairman of the Campaign Committee. The "State Democracy", one of the Anti-
Tammany Democratic organizations in New York City, led by Ex-Mayor
William R. Grace, met on October 27, at
Cooper Union, and endorsed the Democratic ticket. ==Result==